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Hilton Hotels Corporation

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Tariq Ramadan: Shariah Law and U.S. Constitution Go Hand-In-Hand

    A small group of about a dozen protesters gathered outside the Embassy Suites in Anaheim where a prominent Muslim theologian was scheduled to deliver a lecture on Shariah - the Islamic legal code akin to canon law in Christianity or Judaic law in Judaism. The Islamic Shura Council of Southern Califo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Whitney Houston's Cause of Death Revealed: Drowning, Heart Disease and Cocaine

    ​ According to USA Today, the Los Angeles County coroner's office has declared Whitney Houston's official cause of death: It's "drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use." The coroner's office ruled her manner of death as an accident, but the toxicology report said "co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Sushi at Venetian Gentlemen's Club

    ​When a friend requested assistance with a project, I offered to meet close to their Anaheim home. As luck would have it, someone suggested a sushi place near by that I would find interesting. Last seen rolling on the radar in downtown Fullerton, "Sushi Dave" resurfaced about a year ago inside the ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

    [Web Exclusive!] Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Itzcoatl Ocampo Aggressively Hunted Last Victim, According to Court Filing

    Izzy Ocampo​Anaheim police detectives revealed in a search warrant that suspected Orange County serial killer Itzcoatl Ocampo admitted to them after his arrest that he stalked his fourth homeless victim for three days.The allegation supports statements by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, who las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    On The Line: Jon Blackford of A Restaurant, Part Two

    Photo by Meranda Carter​We spend a little more time with the dynamic duo of Jon Blackford and Tony Motakef discussing the history behind A Restaurant. In addition, Jon throws us a curve ball with what he'd be doing for a living in an alternate universe. Stay tuned for tomorrow's recipe, and check ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Freethought Conference in Land of No-God Billboard

    ​Atheists, skeptics, humanists, church-and-state separatists and others punching cards for one-way trips to H-E-DOUBLE-MATCHSTICKS gather in Irvine this the Lord's Day to get their godless freak on.Sunday's second annual Freethought Alliance Conference at the Hilton Irvine presents 11 secular spea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Taste Of Brea Next Week!

    ​ After attending Taste of Newport too many times (twice was MORE than enough), I took a break from those types of festivals--one can put up with trophy wives and food tickets for only so long. It's time to try something else, and my hiking buddy found the answer north of the Orange Crush.If you w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Brown University to Stop Investing in HEI Hotels, Owner of Hilton Long Beach and Operator of Embassy Suites Irvine

    ​Brown University will stop investing in HEI Hotels & Resorts, a hotel investment company that's been accused of violating workers' rights. Two properties involved in the labor battle include the HEI-owned Long Beach Hilton, whose workers claimed they were denied their 10-minute breaks require ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    [UPDATED: Suspect Indicted] Robert Sickles, OC Homicide No. 1: Stabbed Outside Hotel New Year's Party in Costa Mesa

    Courtesy of the OCDAAdam Randy Baker's booking photo​UPDATE, FEB. 10, 5:36 P.M.: The case regarding a New Year's Eve murder and stabbing at a Costa Mesa hotel took a step forward this afternoon. Adam Randy Baker, 23, of Dana Point has been indicted by the Orange County Grand Jury on ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2011

    Courtney Conlogue: The Fighter

    The Santa Ana teen hopes her kick-ass training regimen will carry her through her rookie season as a pro surfer

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    [UPDATED:] Robert Sickles, OC Homicide No. 1: Stabbed Outside Hotel New Year's Party in Costa Mesa

    Courtesy of OCDAAdam Randy Baker​​Update, Jan. 13, 8:15 a.m.: Adam Randy Baker, who is accused of stabbing a man to death with a knife and hospitalizing another in the early hours of New Year's Day, is out of jail after paying his $1 million bail on Wednesday. After recovering for days in t ... More >>

  • Film

    January 13, 2011

    Take Back the Night

    A chick moves in on the Alex Cox 'Repo' series

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Top Seven Things to Do in OC on New Year's Eve

    Doug Neil​Did you wait until the last minute to make plans for New Year's Eve? Instead of truckin' to LA, you can enjoy some celebratory fun right here in Orange County. Although we don't have any major bands floating through, we found some cool venues, ideas and hotspots to ring in the new year.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Minh Anh Nguyen, Girls Volleyball Coach No Longer Facing Charges of Exposing Player's Vagina and Breasts

    ​Update, December 8, tk p.m.: Charges have been dismissed against 36-year-old Sacramento volleyball coach Minh Anh Nguyen, who had been accused of sexually touching a player while giving the teen girl a massage in a Santa Ana hotel last December.Two previous juries failed to reach unanimous verdic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Long Beach Hyatt Regency, Long Beach Hilton Losing a Convention Because of UNITE HERE Local 11 Boycott Call

    ​UNITE HERE Local 11 makes the most local news for its years-long dispute against the Disneyland hotels, but it represents other workers, too. And they just scored a symbolic victory for the workers they represent at the Long Beach versions of the Hyatt Regency and the Hilton.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Embassy Suites Irvine, Hotel Facing Worker Complaints and Union Push, is Sold

    ​HEI Hotels & Resorts just sold the 293-suite Embassy Suites Irvine-Orange County Airport for an undisclosed price.The Norwalk, Conn.-based investor in hotel properties reportedly says the sale will allow it to implement further cost-cutting at the hotel by managing the property. But it also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Hilton Workers File Yet Another Complaint

    ​Labor complaints and HEI Hotels and Hospitality-owned properties go together like dinner mints and pillows. The latest wave comes from Long Beach Hilton workers who claim they are being denied 10 minute breaks required under state law.Like workers at the HEI-owned Embassy Suites in Irvine, the Oc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Peace Corp are Back--and George Fryer is Still Angry

    Peace Corp back in the day​George Fryer is still pissed. Maybe you've seen the former Peace Corp frontman in his more recent, unperturbed project, the George Fryer Combo. He spends Sundays nursing others' hangovers at King Neptune's, or Saturday nights singing sweet love to trophy wives at places ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Today Only: More Tickets For Gleeks

    ​If you cared, you'd probably already know this. But as expected, tickets to Glee Live 2010, the live version of my favorite guilty pleasure on TV, sold out in like 10 seconds. For those of you that don't care, Glee is a High School Musical-esque show that breathed mucho life into J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Save The Date: 17th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco in April

    ​The 17th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night has announced it's chef line up. And there are new names this year (see them after the jump). If you are not already familiar, the gathering of local chefs puts them in competition with each other to create, well, the wildest and craziest tacos. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Girls Volleyball Coach Could Get a Year for Allegedly Exposing Player's Vagina and Breasts

    ​A 36-year-old Sacramento Christian high school teacher and girls volleyball coach could get up to a year in the pokey after allegedly exposing a 17-year-old player's vagina and breasts in the midst of what was supposed to be an athletic massage.The incident involving Minh Anh Nguyen--who faces on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Join Orly Taitz by Greeting Nancy Pelosi in Irvine (Updated!)

    When we blogged the announcement from the Democratic Party of Orange County that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would be addressing the group at its annual awards dinner on Dec. 4, we speculated that Tea Partiers (or 'baggers, if you will) would show up outside with pitchforks and Hitler signs. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Dave Eggers to be Honored in Anaheim for Sensitivity to Muslims

    By David Shankbone/Wikipedia CommonsDave Eggers at the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival.​A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius author Dave Eggers will be presented the 2009 "Courage in Media" award at the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' 13th annual banq ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Celebrity Food Show (Guy Fieri!) Coming To Anaheim, With Special Ticket Offer

    The dates to remember are August 8 and 9, when the Blond One--who has four food shows on TV right now (a record, apparently)--will be on stage, working the crowd and being an all-round nice guy. He might not be everyone's cup of tea, with his shades-of-Billy-Mays (GRHS) delivery, but numerous people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Even Swanky Hotel Owners Can't Afford Their Mortgage

    Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., a San Clemente-based real estate investment trust, will default on the June mortgage payment for its swanky W Hotel San Diego property and turn over the 258-room downtown hotel to lenders, after failing to lower interest payments.The hotel has been hurt by "significant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Wild & Crazy Taco Night This Thursday

    The 16th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night will be held this Thursday. 1550 Superior Avenue, Costa Mesa 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM VIP Party 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM $60 - advance registration onlyVIP Party $150 - advance registration only There's limited availability, No tickets sold at the door For those wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2007

    Holy crap, we're on Perez Hilton!

    No, really. It all started with Ben Westhoff's hysterical SATIRE piece on Zac Efron and Lil Wayne. Yes, satire. Y'all think this sort of collaboration would happen in real life?! With lyrics like these: Efron sings the chorus—“Everybody all for one, a real summer has just begun! Let’s rock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Strictly ballrooms

    Am I really supposed to be here? The event: A party for the reopening of the ballrooms in the Anaheim Hilton, and the ongoing renovations (“Redressed for Success”) in all the rooms. The guests: Rich businesspeople, mostly wearing suits that look like they cost several months worth of my sala ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Pricey Morning in America

    Mitt Romney may like him some outdoor barbecue and bouncy houses, but it seems that Rudy Giuliani prefers breakfast as his OC fund-raising venue. However, those eggs and bacon will cost you -- got $2,300 or more? Want to blow it all on a photo op with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Frontrunner? Then get your ... More >>

  • Features

    August 9, 2007

    Confessions of a Comic-Con Virgin

    A non-geek follows the king of geekdom into the heart of dorkness

  • Film

    July 12, 2007

    Interview Between Vampires

    In Steve Buscemis latest, the journalist-star sit-down becomes a vicious head game

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    Convention of horrors

    I should have known better. Years of Comic-con attendance have taught me that geek-convention faux pas 101 is to show up late and somehow expect you'll be able to get inside quickly. True, I had overslept, and the fact that the FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS convention was being held at the "Burbank Ai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2007

    Sanchez: Whore or not? Colbert decides.

    Truthy and hard-hitting as ever, last night Stephen Colbert took on the burning question: is OC Congressional Rep. Loretta Sanchez a whore? You can find his answer (no) here. Look for Last Night's Highlights, and scroll down to California Values Watch: Sanchez. Those interested in Stephen's answ ... More >>

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Ending War 101

    UCI profs book could be the real roadmap to peace

  • Film

    July 6, 2006

    Skater Boyz N the Hood

    Teen rebels rule in Larry Clarks Wassup Rockers

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Garden Grove

    Teen rebels rule in Larry Clarks Wassup Rockers

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    How Are the Huevos?

    Pepe Aguilar vs. Alejandro Fernandez: ?Quien es mas macho?

  • News

    December 9, 2004

    Its, Its a Ballroom Blitz

    Show me the money? Dancesport competitors need better agents

  • Culture

    April 15, 2004

    Take Two Stanzas and Call Me in the Morning

    Shrinking your head with verse

  • Music

    October 9, 2003

    Daring and Dapper

    Shrinking your head with verse

  • Music

    September 4, 2003

    Confabulous!

    Shrinking your head with verse

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    You Paid for Tony Rackauckas Mexican Vacation

    Shrinking your head with verse

  • Food

    August 29, 2002

    Eating Responsibly

    A guide to union dining in OC

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    The Ride of Their Lives

    Residents say, No way to city officials who want to bulldoze their neighborhood to build roller coasters

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    The King of Garden Grove

    Mayor Broadwaters hotel city

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    More Freebies for the Rich

    Garden Grove bends over for hotel developer, gives workers the shaft

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Club Fed

    A brief history of two bad ideas

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Freebies for the Rich

    Garden Grove hoteliers got millions in free land

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    The Second Coming of Garofalo

    Is HB ready to relive the nightmare

  • More >>
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